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GENEALOGY 



OF 



THE DESCENDANTS 



OF 



DR. WM.SHIPPEN, THE ELDER, 



OF PHILADELPHIA; 



MEMBER OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. 



By ROBERDEAU BUCHANAN, 

Author of the Genealogy of the Roberdeau Family. 



PRIVATELY PRINTED. 



WASHINGTON : 

JOSEPH L. PEARSON, PRINTER. 

1877. 



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GENEALOGY 



OF 



THE DESCENDANTS 



OP 



DR.WM.SHIPPENJHE ELDER, 



OF PHILADELPHIA 



MEMBER OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. 



By ROBERDEAU BUCHANAN, 

Author of the Genealogy of the Roberdeau Family. 



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WASHINGTON : 

JOSEPH L. PEARSON, PRINTER. 
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TO 



MISS SUSAN SHIPPEN ROBERDEAU. 



THIS PAMPHLET 



IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED 



BY HEE NEPHEW, 



THE AUTHOR. 



O- E 1ST IE .A. Xj O O- T. 



This short Genealogy is intended merely as a continua- 
tion of that published in 1855 by Thomas Balch, esq., en- 
titled Letters and Papers relating to the Provincial 
History of Pennsylvania, with some notices of the 
writers, which was continued in this line, only so far as 
the name of Dr. William Shippen, the elder ; and from 
which the first three generations of the present paper are 
taken, aided by a few dates or facts from other sources. 

Many of this branch of the family are physicians, and 
nearly all who live to grow up attain the venerable age of 
70 or 80 years, so noticeable in this family. 

There is much confusion among biographers in relation 
to the two Drs. Shippen. Thacher, in his Medical Biography, 
is the only one who states the matter correctly. Dr. Wil- 
liam Shippen, 4 the elder, was a member of the Continental 
Congress ; Dr. William Shippen, 5 the younger, his son, was 
Director-General of Military Hospitals. Joseph W., 5 an- 
other son of the former, has sometimes been confused with 
Joseph Shippen the Colonial Secretary, who was his first 
cousin. 

For several dates and facts regarding Dr. William, 5 Joseph 
W., 5 and John 6 Shippen, and for the account of the Harrison 
family, I am indebted to Charles R. Hildeburn, esq., of 
Philadelphia, who is preparing a full history of the whole 
Shippen family. To several of the family I am also in- 
debted for facts and information, particularly to Dr. Ed- 
ward Shippen, of Philadelphia. 

Washington, D. C, March, 1877. 

1. WILLIAM SHIPPEN, 1 of Yorkshire, England, gen- 
tleman, had issue : — 

i., ii. Two sons who died young. 

iii. A daughter, m. Rev. Mr. Leybourne, of Yorkshire ; she d. 

there, 
iv. William, Rector of St. Mary's Church, Stockport: left issue. 
2. v. Edward, b. 1639, of whom as follows : 

2. EDWAKD SHIPPEN. 2 — Founder of the family in 
America ; born in Yorkshire, England, 1639 ; emigrated 
to Boston, 1668. Married in 1671 to Elizabeth Lybrand, a 
Quakeress, and became a Quaker ; persecuted therefor, and 



i. 


Frances, 


b. 


ii. 


Edwaed, 


b. 


iii. 


William, 


b. 


iv. 


Eliza, 


b. 


v. 


Edwaed, 


b. 


3. vi. 


Joseph, 


b. 


vii. 


Maey, 


b. 


yiii 


. Anne, 


b. 


ix. 


Elizabeth, 


b. 


X. 


John, 




xi. 


William, 





4 GENEALOGY OF THE SHIPPEN FAMILY. 

removed to Philadelphia in 1693-4. Elected Speaker of 
the Assembly, July 9, 1695 ; was named by William Penn 
in his charter; became the first mayor of Philadelphia, 
October 25, 1701 ; President of the Governor's Council, 
1702-4. He was a man of great wealth. His wife died, 
October 25, 1688, and he was married secondly, September 
4, 1689, to Rebecca Richardson, widow of Francis Rich- 
ardson, of New York; and thirdly, in 1704, to Elizabeth 
James, widow of Thomas James, of Bristol, England, whose 
maiden name was Wilcox ; but their issue soon became ex- 
tinct. Edward Shippen died October 2, 1712, se. 73, hav- 
ing had issue : — 

b. Boston, Feb. 2, 1672 ; d. Apr. 9, 1673. 
"' Oct. 2, 1674 ; d. Nov. 2, 1674. 

1 Oct. 4, 1675 ; d. 1676. 

: Aug., 1676 ; d. an infant. 
' Dec. 10, 1677-8 ; left issue ; d. ae. 35. 
' Feb. 28, 1678-9 ; of whom presently. 
1 May 6, 1681 ; d. 1688. 
1 June 17, 1684 ; m. Thos. Story ; d. s. p. 
b. 1691 ; d. about the time of her mother's death. 
d. an infant. 
d. s. p. 1731 ; ae. about 25. 

3. JOSEPH SHIPPED. 3 — Born in Boston, February 
28, 1678-9 ; married in Boston, July 28, 1702, to Abigail 
Gross, (b.. October 25, 1677,) daughter of- Thomas and Eliza- 
beth Gross, a near relative of Governor Bowdoin's wife. 
Thomas was probably the son of Clement and Mary Gross, 
and grandson of Isaac Gross, who died 1649 (Savage). Jo- 
seph Shippen removed to Philadelphia in 170-4, and thence, 
after his wife's death, which occurred June 28, 1716, to 
Germantown, where he resided in the house now known 
(1855-76) as the Buttonwood Tavern. He married sec- 
ondly Mrs. Kose Plumley, by whom he had no children, and 
died in June, 1741, having had issue, all by his first wife : — 

i. Edward, b. Boston, July 9, 1703; of Lancaster; m. Sarah 
Plumley ; left issue; d. ae. about SO: and 
was the father of Edward Shippen. Chief 
Justice of Penn., who d. se. 77. 

ii. Elizabeth, b. Phil., April 17, 1705 ; d. June 8, 1714. 

iii. Joseph, b. Nov. 28, 1706 ; m. Mary Kearney ; and d. 1793, 

ae. 87 ; left issue, 

iv. William. b. Aug. 31, 1708 ; d. Dec. 29, 1710. 

v. Anne, b. Aug. 5, 1710 ; m. Charles Willing, and left nu- 

merous issue, among whom are the fam- 
ilies of Bingham, Clymer, Francis. Pow- 
ell, Willing, Morris, Burd, Hare : d. x. SO. 
4. vi. William, b. Oct. 1, 1712; of whom presently. 

vii. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 28, 1714 ; d. Dec. 3, 1714. 



GENEALOGY OF THE SHIPPEN FAMILY. 5 

4. DR. WILLIAM SHIPPEN, 4 The Elder.— Born in 
Philadelphia, Oct. 1, 1712 ; received a good education in 
Europe and studied medicine, for which he had a remark- 
able genius ; became eminent in his profession, and was un- 
commonly successful in his practice. He was one of the 
founders, and a patron of the College of New Jersey at 

, Princeton, donating largely ; a trustee of the College of 
Pennsylvania ; Vice-President of the American Philosoph- 
ical Society ; and first Physician to the Pennsylvania Hos- 
pital for 25 years, 1753-1778. In his old age he was 
chosen a member of the Continental Congress, 1778-80 ; 
(not the son, as erroneously stated in the catalogue of 
Princeton College and other publications.) He was a friend 
of George Whitefield, and one of the founders of the First 
Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, of wmich he was a 
member for seventy years. 

Dr. Shippen was married, September 19, 1735, to Susan- 
nah Harrison, (born June 30, 1711); the daughter of Joseph 
and Katherine (Noble) Harrison, (married July 27, 1710); 
and granddaughter to John and Mary Harrison. Mrs. 
Shippen died in September, 1774, aged sixty-three years. 

Dr. Shippen died in Germantown, Nov. 4, 1801, at the 
advanced age of 89 ; his family being noted for their good 
health and long lives. Watson, in his Manuscript Annals of 
Philadelphia, in the Penn. Hist. Society, relates that " at the 
age of 90 he would ride in and out of the city on horseback, 
full gallop, without an overcoat, in the coldest weather." 
His very voluminous will is dated Sept. 1, 1783, with codi- 
cils July 13, 1794, and Oct. 4, 1795. He resided in Ger- 
mantown, near Philadelphia ; and was one of the largest 
landholders in that vicinity. 

His children, all born in Germantown, are, viz : — 

5. i. William, jr., b. Dec. 21, 1736. 

6. ii. Joseph William, b. Oct. 17, 1737. 

7. iii. John, b. Jan. 23, 1740-1. 

8. iv. Susan, b. Oct. 15, 1743; (Mrs. Blair.) 

5. DK. WILLIAM SHIPPEN, 5 The Younger.— Born in ^llo. 
Philadelphia, December 21, 1736. Graduated at the Col- w\J2>^ .")*> 
lege of New Jersey, at Brinooton, 1754 ; studied medicine I/'** * 
under his father. After receiving his degree at Princeton, 

he visited Europe, where he pursued his studies under the 
celebrated Dr. William Hunter, of London, and then grad- 
uated at Edinburgh ; after which he traveled in France. 
Returning to Philadelphia in 1762 he began his lectures in 
Anatomy to twelve students. The College of Pennsylvania 



6 GENEALOGY OF THE SHIPPEN FAMILY. 

in 1765 formed a medical school and placed him at the 
head of it as Professor of Anatomy ; he lived to see his class 
increase from twelve students to two hundred and fifty. 
He experienced much persecution on account of his lec- 
tures, and was mobbed for dissecting. Public feeling showed 
itself in various ways against him, such as the Ghost's Com- 
plaint: 

" The body snatchers ! they have come, and made a snatch at me ; 
It's very hard, them kind of men won't let a body be ! 
Don't go to weep upon my grave, and think that there I be ; 
They hav'nt left an atom there, of my anatomy." 

He was a trustee of the College of New Jersey from 
1765, until 1796, when he resigned. 

During the Revolution, in 1776, Dr. Shippen entered the 
American army, and, April 11, 1777, was chosen by Con- 
gress, Director-General of all the military hospitals ; which 
post he held until January 3, 1781, when he resigned. In 
1778 he succeeded his father as Physician to the Pennsylva- 
nia Hospital, 1778-9, and 1791-1802. In 1798, upon the 
death of his son, to whom he was much attached, he gave 
up lecturing ; and never afterwards engaged in his profes- 
sion, except to deliver a course of lectures ; and was much 
affected to see the class, then numbering 250, and all the 
professors, his former pupils. He was married about the 
year 1760 to Alice Lee, of Virginia. She was born June 
4, 1736, the ninth child of Thomas Lee, who in his will 
styles himself " President and Commander-in-Chief of the 
said colony." Thomas Lee married Hannah Ludwell, 
granddaughter of Lady Berkley, and was the father of 
Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, and Dr. Arthur 
Lee. — (See the pedigree in N. E. Gen. & Hist. Register, 
xxvi. 62.) 

Dr. Shippen died in Germantown, July 11, 1808, aged 
72. He was an eloquent speaker, well versed in the clas- 
sics, and one of the most eminent physicians the country 
has ever produced. Indeed, he has been styled the father 
of medical science in this country. He was an honorary 
member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, a member 
of the American Philosophical Society, and at one time 
curator. Mrs. Shippen died March 25, 1817, aged 81 
years. Their children, all born in Germantown : — 

9. i. Ann Hume, b. — 1761 ; (Mrs. Livingston.) 

10. ii. Thomas Lee, b. — 1765. 

iii. William Arthur Lee, b. Aug. 21, 1776, died young, 
iv. — ix. Six Children, names not given, are mentioned on 
the tombstone as dying in infancy. 



GENEALOGY OF THE SHIPPEN FAMILY. 7 

6. JOSEPH WILLIAM SHIPPEN. 5 — Born in Phila- 
delphia, October 17, 1737. He was a subscriber to the 
" Fish Club,"' a series of fashionable entertainments given 
in Philadelphia in 1763. A list of members is given by 
Mr. Balch, page xx. He was never married ; and lived on 
his farm called Oxford', in Sussex county, New Jersey. 
Part of this land was sold after his death to Judge Morris 
Robeson, and has since been the home of that family. Mr. 
Shippen died after Nov. 18, 1794, as by a bond executed to 
him of that date, and before Oct. 4, 1795, as by his father's 
will. 

7. JOHN SHIPPEN, 5 M. D.— Born in Philadelphia, 
January 23, 1740-1. Graduated at the College of New 
Jersey, at Princeton, in 1758; after which* he traveled in 
Europe, and pursued his studies, taking his medical degree 
at the College of Rheims, in France ; an institution founded 
many generations ago, but destroyed during the French 
Revolution. So Professor Cameron, of Princeton, has as- 
certained. He returned to this country in March, 1768, 
and died unmarried, in Baltimore, November 26, 1770. 

8. SUSAN (SHIPPEN) BLAIR. 5 — Born in German- 
town, October 15, 1743 ; and was married September 24, 
1767, to the Rev. Samuel Blair, D. D., son of the Rev. 
Samuel Blair, principal of a noted classical school at Fogg's 
Manor, Pennsylvania, where some of the most distinguished 
ministers of the Presbyterian church received their educa- 
tion;* and one of the founders and first trustees of the College 
of New Jersey. Dr. Blair, the son, was born in Fogg's Manor, 
Chester county, Penn., in 1741, graduated from Princeton 
College at the age of 19, when he became a tutor, 1760-4. 
"He seems to have been a young man of fine talents and 
more than ordinary acquirements for his age. In proof of 
the justice of this remark, it may be stated here that in 
1767, after Dr. Witherspoon had declined the first call of 
the trustees of the College of New Jersey (Princeton) to 
the presidency of that institution, young Blair, though not 
over 26 years of age, was elected to that office, with, as we 
have reason to believe, entire unanimity. But when the 
intelligence came from Scotland that owing to a change of 
circumstances, Dr. Witherspoon would probably accept the 
call if it should be renewed, Mr. Blair immediately declined 
the invitation, and Dr. Witherspoon was re-elected. This 

*See Footers Sketches in Virginia, new series, p. 81, seq. 



8 GENEALOGY OP THE SHIPPEN FAMILY. 

was regarded at the time, as a remarkable instance of self- 
sacrifice to the public good." — (Sprague's Am. Presb. Pulpit; 
The Log College, by A. Alexander, &c.) In November, 
1766, Dr. Blair was installed as associate pastor of the Old 
South Church, in Boston ; which he held two years, and 
then removed to Germantown ; he never afterwards took 
charge of a congregation, although he was the principal 
founder of the English Presbyterian Church in that place. 
In May, 1780, he was appointed chaplain to a brigade of 
artillery, to take effect from March, 1779; and in 1790-2 
was Chaplain to the House of Representatives of the United 
States. 

Dr. Blair was a man of learning, and excelled in Latin 
and Greek ; he was honored by several literary societies ; 
receiving the degree of A. M. from both Princeton and 
Havard Colleges ; and D. D. from the University of Penn- 
sylvania ; and was a member of the American Philosophi- 
cal Society. In 1761 he published an oration on the death 
of George II. Dr. Blair died in Germantown, on the 51st 
anniversary of his marriage, September 24, 1818, aged 77. 
Mrs. Blair died October 12, lg21, aged 78. 

Their children, all born in Germantown : — 

11. i. Susan Shippen, b. Mch. 2, 1771 ; (Mrs. Roberdeau.) 
ii William Shippen, b. May 21, 1773; d. young. 

12. iii. Frances Van Hook, b. Mch.21, 1777; (Mrs. Peirce.) 

13. iv. Samuel, b. Mch.10, 1779. 

v. Abby Phillips, b. May 12, 1780 ; d. Mch. 13, 1804. 

vi. The Third Son, stillborn, Oct. 27, 1782. 

9. ANN HUME (SHIPPEN) LIVINGSTON. 6 — Born 
in the year 1761 ; married March 11, 1781, to Colonel 
Henry Beekman Livingston, son of Eobert R. Livingston, 
of Livingston Manor, New York, and brother to Chancel- 
lor Livingston. He was born at the Manor, November 9, 
1751, and became a colonel in the Revolution, and accom- 
panied Gen. Montgomery to Canada ; was voted a sword 
by Congress in 1775 ; aide to Gen. Schuyler 1776 ;' resigned 
1779. Attorney-General, Judge, and Chief Justice of New 
York. A general in the war of 1812. President of the 
New York Society of Cincinnati. Died in New York, 
November 5, 1831. — (See the History of Clermont or Living- 
ston Manor, by T. S. Clarkson.) 

Their issue : — 

i. Margaret Beekman, b. Dec. 26, 1781, and died unmarried, 
in July, 1862, aged 81. 



GENEALOGY OF THE SHIPPEN FAMILY. 9 

10. THOMAS LEE SHIPPED. 6 — Born in Philadelphia 
in the year 1765 ; and married March 10, 1791, to Eliza- 
beth Carter, daughter of Major James Parke Farley, of 
Antigua, and widow of John Bannister, of Virginia ; her 
mother was the daughter of Col. "William Burd, of West- 
over. 

Mr. Shippen was elected a member of the American 
Philosophical Society in 1786, and in 1788 received the 
honorary degree of A. M. from the College of New Jersey. 
He died February 4, 1798. His widow afterwards married 
for the third time, General George Izard, of South Carolina, 
and died in Philadelphia, June 24, 1826, aged 52 years. She 
is buried in St. Peter's churchyard. Mr. Shippen's issue : — - 

14. i. William, b. Jan. 29, 1792. 
ii. Thomas Lee, b. 1794 ; d. 1810. 

11. SUSAN SHIPPEN (BLAIR) ROBERDEAU. 6 — 
Born in Germantown, March 2, 1771 ; married, November 
7, 1792, to Isaac Roberdeau, eldest son of General Daniel 
Roberdeau of the Revolutionary Army and the Continental 
Congress, and signer of the Articles of Confederation. Gen- 
eral Roberdeau was the son of Isaac Roberdeau, of Rochelle, 
France, a Huguenot, and of Mary Cunyngham, daughter 
of Robert Cunyngham, of the Island of St. Christopher, a 
scion of a noble Scotch family, and descendant of Alexan- 
der, Earl of Glencairn. 

Isaac Roberdeau was educated in Europe as a civil engi- 
neer, and was engaged under Major L'Enfant in laying out 
the city of Washington, and upon other public works. He 
subsequently entered the army as a topographical engineer, 
with the rank of Major. After serving at various points he 
was brevetted Lieutenant-Colonel, and surveyed the boun- 
ary, 900 miles in length, between the United States and 
Canada, under the Treaty of Ghent. Not long after, the 
topographical engineers were constituted a separate corps, 
and Colonel Roberdeau w^as intrusted with the responsible 
duty of organizing the Topographical Engineer Bureau 
in the War Department, of which he was made the chief, 
where he remained until his death, January 15, 1829, in the 
66th year of his age. Colonel Roberdeau was a man of 
scientific acquirements, and in 1826 read a paper before 
the Columbian Institute, entitled observations on the sea 
coast of the United States. He also wrote a treatise upon 
a national observatory, and on the 22nd of February, 1800, 
delivered an oration upon the death of General Wash- 



10 GENEALOGY OF THE SHIPPEN FAMILY. 

ington. A more extended biography of Colonel Kober- 
deau may be found in the Genealogy of the Roberdeau Fam- 
ily, by the author of these pages. After the colonel's death 
Mrs. Roberdeau removed to Philadelphia with her family, 
where she remained until her death, October 28, 1843, in 
her 73rd year. Their children : — ■ 

15. i. Mary Elizabeth. 

16. ii. Susan Shippen. 

17. iii. Frances Selina ; (Mrs. Buchanan.) 

12. FRANCES VAN HOOK (BLAIR) PEERCE. 6 — 
Born in Germantown, March 21, 1777 ; married July 4, 
1816, to Charles Peirce, but died without issue, in Bristol, 
Pennsylvania, November 27, 1848, aged 71. Mr. Peirce 
died September 23, 1851, aged 81. 

13. SAMUEL BLAIR, 6 — Born March 10, 1779. His 

mother was seeking safety from the British, and being over- 
taken by a storm, took refuge under the nearest shelter — 
the cave of VanNess, on the Raritan river, where Samuel 
was born. He often remarked that he was born in a storm, 
lived in a whirl, but hoped all would be calm when he 
should be called to pass the river of death. He was mar- 
ried, May 9, 1802, to Esther Smith, who died October 19, 
1813, under thirty years of age. He lived in Germantown 
and Bristol, Pennsylvania ; never followed any profession 
and died May 16, 1859, in Bristol, in his 81st year. His 
children, all born in Germantown : — 

i. Samuel, b. Feb. 9, 1803 ; d. Mch. 22, 1804. 

18. ii. Susan Shippen, b. July 1, 1804 ; (Mrs. Mines.) 
iii. William Shippen, b. Nov. 15, 1805 ; d. Dec. 22, 1805. 
iv. Abby Paulina, b. Nov. 23, 1806 ; d. in Georgetown, 

at Col. Roberdeau's, July 23, 1821 ; 
John C. Calboun, then See. of War, 
was one of her pall-bearers, 
v. Edward Shippen, b. Jan. 31, 1809 ; d. Jan. 7. 1813. 

19. vi. Zepherine Victoria, b. Aug. 1, 1811 ; (Mrs. Callanan.) 
vii. Roberdeau, b. Sept. 26, 1813 ; d. Oct. 30, 1814, 

14. WILLIAM SHIPPED, 7 M. D.— Born in Philadel- 
phia, January 29, 1792. Graduated at the University of 
Pennsylvania in 1810, studied medicine, receiving his de- 
gree from the same university in 1814, and became Pro- 
fessor of Anatomy. Dr. Shippen lived a few years at Violet 
Bank, near Petersburg, Virginia, but about the year 1824 
removed to Farley, Bucks county, Penn., and there prac- 
ticed until 1836, when he returned to Philadelphia. He 



21. 


ii. 


22. 


iii. 


23. 


iv. 


24. 


v. 




vi. 




vii 



GENEALOGY OF THE SHIPPEN FAMILY. 11 

was for forty years a member of the Board of Trustees of 
Princeton College ; and has been prominent in several char- 
itable and educational movements in Philadelphia. He was 
married, February 13, 1817, to Mary Louisa Shore, of Vir- 
ginia, daughter of Thomas Shore, who was the son of Dr. 
John Shore, of England. Dr. Shippen died June 5, 1867, 
aged 75. His widow still survives him at an advanced 
age. Their children : — 

20. i. Jane Geay, b. Violet Bank, Feb. 22, 1818 ; (Mrs. Wharton.) 
Alice Lee, b. " " Mch. 5, 1821 ; (Mrs. Wallace.) 
Thomas Lee, b. " " Nov. 27, 1822. 
William, jr., b. Farley, May 21, 1825. 
Edward, b. " June 23, 1827. 
Joseph, b. " July 18, 1829 ; d. May 18, 1830. 

Mary Louisa Shore, b. Burlington, N. J., Mch. 14, 1831 ; 

d. April 25, 1848. 
viii. James Parke Farley, b. Farley, Aug. 9, 1833 ; d. April 19, 

1853. fc 

ix. Richard Henry Lee, b. Bristol, Penn., Jan. 12, 1836 ; d. 

Jan. 28, 1836. 

15. MARY ELIZABETH ROBERDEAU. 7 — Born in 
Germantown, March 30, 1795. She was a person of great 
conversational powers, a universal favorite of society, and 
died unmarried, in Philadelphia, Nov. 15, 1833. 

16. SUSAN SHIPPEN ROBERDEAU. 7 — After her 
mother's death removed to Brooklyn, where her sister then 
resided, with whom she has since lived, — in Brooklyn, 
Charlestown, Mass., and latterly in Washington, D. C. 

17. FRANCES SELINA (ROBERDEAU) BUCHAN- 
AN. 7 — After her father's death, was married in Philadel- 
phia, July 1, 1834, to McKean Buchanan, a purser in the 
navy, the title being afterwards changed to paymaster. 
Mr. Buchanan was born in Baltimore, July 27, 1798. He 
was the son of Dr. George Buchanan, a descendant of the 
Lenny branch of the Scotch clan ; and on his mother's side, 
a grandson of Governor Thomas McKean, of Pennsylvania, 
one of the signers of the Declaration, and afterwards Gov- 
ernor, and Chief Justice of Pennsylvania for 22 years. Druid 
Hill, the old homestead of the Buchanan family, near Balti- 
more, now Druid Hill Park, belongs to that city. The 
family burying-ground within the park, where the older 
members of the family are buried, during the last century, 
is a reservation to the family. Mr. Buchanan entered the 
navy August 21, 1826, and during his long term of service 



12 GENEALOGY OF THE SHIPPEN FAMILY. 

of almost half a century, has visited nearly every part of 
the world. He has made nine cruises, one of which was 
round the world ; has been on duty at eight shore stations ; 
participated in the Mexican war ; and was on board of the 
frigate Congress when she was destroyed in Hampton 
Roads, March 8, 1862, by the Virginia, formerly the Merri- 
mac, under command of his own brother, Commodore, 
afterwards Admiral, Franklin Buchanan. A short time 
before his death, Congress re-organized the staff corps of 
the navy, whereby Paymaster Buchanan acquired the title 
of pay director, with the rank of commodore. He died in 
Charlestown, Mass., March 18, 1871, in his 73d year. After 
his death, Mrs. Buchanan removed to Washington, D. C. 
Their children: — 

25. i. Roberdeau, b. Nov. 22, 1839. 

26. ii. L^titia McKean, b. Dec. 24, 1842 ; (Mrs. Fife.) 

18. SUSAN SHIPPED (BLAIR) MINES. 7 — Born in 
Germantown, July 1, 1804 ; married Dec. 2, 1828, in Phil- 
adelphia, to the Rev. Joseph Addison Mines, D. D., pastor 
of the Presbyterian Church at Maysville, Kv. She died 
Nov. 29, 1832 ; her husband, Jan. 20, 1838 ; and are buried 
with their children at Rose Hill, Montgomery Co., Md. 
Their issue: — 

i. John Addison, b. Maysville, Aug. 2, 1829 ; d. Sept. 6, 1832. 
ii. Flavel Scott, b. Phila., Sept. 17, 1831 ; d. Dec. 17, 1832. 

19. ZEPHERINE VICTORIA (BLAIR) CALLA- 
KAN". 7 — Born in Germantown, Aug. 1, 1811; married, 
Feb. 27, 1845, in Philadelphia, to Thomas Callanan, a mer- 
chant. Resided in Bristol, Penn., but removed in 1866 to 
Philadelphia. Their children: — 

i. Samuel Blair, b. Bristol, Feb. 13, 1846. Now engaged 

in the office of the Penn. E. R. Co., 
Philadelphia. 
27. ii. Frances Van Hook, b. Nov. 19, 1848 ; (Mrs. Kenworthy.) 
iii. Dora Donath, b. Feb. 13, 1852 ; d. Jan. 13, 1853. 

20. JAKE G. (SHIPPED) WHARTON. 8 — Born at 
Violet Bank, Va., February 22, 1818 ; married, in October, 
1843, to Edward Wharton, son of Fishbourne Wharton, of 
Philadelphia, where they now reside. Their issue : — 

i. Louisa, b. Va., April 7, 1845 ; d. unm. 

21. ALICE LEE (SHIPPED) WALLACE. 8 — Born 
at Yiolet Bank, near Petersburg, Va., March 5, 1821 ; 



GENEALOGY OF THE SHIPPEN FAMILY. 13 

married, June 17, 1847, to Joshua Maddox Wallace, M. D., 
of Philadelphia. Dr. "Wallace, born in Philadelphia, Jan- 
uary 13, 1815, was descended from an ancient Scotch family, 
related also to several noble families ; the various pedigrees 
may be found in Burke's Royal Descents, Pedigree xvi. 
Rev. John Wallace, minister of Drumellier, had a son John, 
born, 1718 ; emigrated to America in 1742 ; of Hope Farm, 
Somerset Co., N. J., who married Mary, daughter of the 
Hon. Joshua Maddox. Their son, Joshua M., had a son of 
the same name, who was the father of Dr. Wallace above 
mentioned. He received a liberal education, graduating 
at Princeton College in 1833 ; and taking his medical degree, 
three years subsequently, from the University of Pennsyl- 
vania, established himself in practice in Philadelphia, where 
he died, November 10, 1851. Mrs. Wallace died Jan. 27, 
1862. Their issue, all born in Philadelphia : — 

i. William McIlvane, b. Aug. 28, 1848 ; d. Petersburg, Va., 

Feb. 21, 1854. 
28. ii. Shippen, b. Feb. 26, 1850. 

iii. Mary Coxe, b. Oct. 25, 1851 ; d. Bristol, Penn., 

Aug. 27, 1853. 

22. THOMAS LEE SHIPPED. 8 — Born Nov. 27, 1822, 
at Violet Bank, Ya. ; married, January 11, 1860, to Jane 
Gray Gilliam, and lives at Petersburg, Va. Their issue : — 

i. William, b. May 21, 1861. 

23. WILLIAM SHIPPEN, Jr. 8 — Born at Farley, Bucks 
county, Pennsylvania, May 21, 1825. He graduated at the 
College of New Jersey in 1844 ; was married November 1, 
1855, to AchsahK. Carroll, of Baltimore. He studied law 
under Thomas I. Wharton, esq., and practiced in Phila- 
delphia, where he died April 3, 1858. His widow now 
resides in Baltimore. Their child : — 

i. Charles Carroll, b. Oct. 29, 1856. 

24. EDWARD SHIPPEN, 3 M. D.— Born at Farley, 
Bucks county, Pennsylvania, June 23, 1827. He has received 
a liberal education, graduating from the College of New Jer- 
sey in 1845, and taking his medical degree from the Uni- 
versity of Pennsylvania in 1848. He is now practicing his 
professi'on in Philadelphia. 

25. ROBERDEAU BUCHANAN, 8 The writer and com- 
piler of this Genealogy. — Born in Philadelphia, November 
22, 1839 ; graduated at the Lawrence Scientific School of 



14 GENEALOGY OF THE SHIPPEN FAMILY. 

Harvard University, as a Bachelor of Science, and engaged 
in the practice of civil engineering in the vicinity of Boston. 
Removed to Washington, D. C, in 1872. 

26. L^ETITIA McKEAN (BUCHANAN) FIFE. 8 — 
Born in Brooklyn, New York, December 24, 1842 ; mar- 
ried at Charlestown, Massachusetts, October 3, 1867, to G. 
S. Fife, an assistant surgeon in the navy ; and died in 
Charlestown, July 20, 1871. Her children : — 

i. Geoege W. B. Cains, b. August 9, 1869. 

ii. Selesta, b. July 18, 1871 ; d. the next day. 

27. FKAJSTCES YAK HOOK (CALLARAN) ~KE^- 
WOKTHY. 8 — Born in Bristol, Pennsylvania, November 19, 
1848 ; married, January 1, 1873, in Philadelphia, to Joseph 
Kenworthy, a manufacturer. Her children : — 

i. Zepheeine Blair, b. Phil., Sept. 28, 1873. 
ii. Geoege Biekhead, b. " June 15, 1876. 

28. SHIPPED WALLACE. 9 — Born in Philadelphia, 
February, 26, 1850 ; graduated at Yale College, and after- 
wards at the University of Berlin, and established himself 
as a chemist in Philadelphia. He was married at Bur- 
lington, New Jersey, June 15, 1871, to Laura Christina, 
daughter of John 0. Barclay, surgeon in the navy, and of 
Anne Wilks (Collet) Barclay. They resided a short time in 
Burlington. Mrs. Wallace died in Philadelphia, November 
13, 1874, aged 23. Their issue :— 

i. Violet Lee, b. Berlin, Prussia, July 11, 1872. 



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INDEX OF NAMES. 



Alexander 8 

Balch, T 3, 7 

Bannister, J 9 

Barclay 14 

Berkley 6 

Bingham 4 

Blair, Abby P. 6 8 

Abby Paulina 7 10 

Mrs. Esther 6 10 

Edward S. 7 10 

Frances V. H. 6 8, 10 

Roberdeau 7 10 

Rev. Samuel 7 

Rev. Dr. Samuel 5 7 

Samuel 6 8, 10 

Samuel 7 10 

Mrs. Susan 5 .........5, 7 

Susan S. 6 8, 9 

Susan S. 7 10, 12 

William S. 6 8 

William S. 7 10 

Zepherine V 7 10, 12 

Bowdoin 4 

Buchanan, Admiral F 12 

Mrs. F. Selina 7 10, 11 

Dr. George 11 

Laetitia McKean 8 12, 14 

Pay Director McKean 7 . 11 

Roberdeau 8 12, 13 

Burd 4, 9 

Burke 13 

Calhoun, J. C 10 

Oallanan, Dora D. 8 12 

Frances V. H. 8 12, 14 

Samuel B. 9 12 

Thomas 7 12 

Mrs. Zepherine V. 7 10, 12 

Cameron, H. C 7 

Carroll, Achsah R. 8 13 

Clarkson 8 

Clymer 4 

Collet 14 

Cunyngham 9 

Farley 9 

Fife, Laetitia McK 8 12, 14 

G. S. 8 14 

G. W. B. C. 9 14 

Selina 9 14 

Foote 7 



Francis 4 

Gilliam, Jane G. 8 13 

Glencairne 9 

Gross 4 

Hare 4 

Harrison, Susannah 4 5 

Family 3, 5 

Hildeburn, C. R 3 

Hunter, Dr 5 

Izard 9 

James 4 

Kearney 4 

Kenworthy, Mrs. F. V. H. 8 12, 14 

George B. 9 14 

Joseph 8 14 

Zepherine B. 9 14 

Lee 6 

L' Enfant 9 

Lenny 11 

Leybourne 3 

Livingston, Mrs. A. H. 6 6, 8 

Col. Henry B. 6 8 

Margaret B. 7 , 8 

Family 8 

Ludwell 6 

Lybrand, Elizabeth 3 

Maddox 13 

McKean, Gov. Thomas 11 

Mines, Rev. J. A. 7 ; 12 

Flavel S. 8 12 

John A. 8 12 

Mrs. Susan S. 7 10, 12 

Montgomery 8 

Morris 4 

Noble 5 

Peirce, Charles 6 10 

Mrs. Frances V. H. 6 8, 10 

Penn, W 4 

Plumley 4 

Powell! 4 

Richardson 4 

Roberdeau, Gen. Daniel 9 

F. Selina 7 10, 11 

Col. Isaac 6 ....9, 10 

MaryE. 7 10, 11 

Mrs. Susan S. 6 8, 9 

Susan S. 7 2, 10, 11 

Robeson 7 

Savage 4 



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INDEX OF NAMES . 



Schuyler 8 

Shippen, Abigail 3 4 

Mrs. Achsah R. 8 13 

Mrs. Alice (L) 5 6 

Alice L. 8 , 11, 12 

Ann Hume 6 6, 8 

Charles Carroll 9 13 

Edward 2 3 

Dr. Edward 8 3, 11, 13 

Elizabeth 8 3 

Mrs. Elizabeth C. 6 9 

James P. F. 8 11 

Mrs. Jane G. 8 13 

Jane G. 8 11, 12 

Dr. John 5 3, 5, 7 

Joseph 3 4 

Joseph 8 11 

Joseph W. 5 3, 5, 7 

Mrs. Mary L. 7 11 

Mary L. S. 8 11 

R. H. L. 8 11 

Mrs. Susannah 4 5 

Susan 5 5, 7 

Thomas Lee 6 6, 9 

Thomas Lee, Jr. 7 9 

Thomas Lee 8 11, 13 

William 1 3 

Dr. William, 4 Elder 3, 4, 5 

Dr. William, 5 Younger 3, 5 



Shippen, William A. L. 6 6 

Dr. William 7 9, 10 

William, Jr. 8 11, 13 

William 9 13 

Chief Justice 4 

Others 3, 4 

Shore 11 

Smith, Esther 10 

Sprague 8 

Story 4 

Thacher 3 

Wallace, Mrs. Alice L. 8 11, 12 

Joshua M. 8 13 

Mrs. Laura C. 9 14 

Mary C. 9 13 

Shippen 9 13, 14 

William M. 9 13 

V. L. 10 14 

Family 13 

Washington 9 

Watson 5 

Wharton, Edward 8 12 

Mrs. Jane G, 8 11, 12 

Louisa 9 12 

Others 12, 13 

Whitefield G 5 

Wilcox 4 

Willing 4 

Witherspoon 7 



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